Are Chinese nationals’ attitudes to wildlife tourist attractions different from those of other nationalities?

Many wildlife tourist attractions (WTAs) have negative impacts on animal welfare and species conservation. In the absence of regulation, raising standards requires tourists to create market pressure by choosing to attend WTAs with benefits for wildlife. We surveyed respondents from five countries – China, Australia, Canada, UK, and USA – to quantify how attitudes to captive animals, and towards WTAs’ outputs and standards, may vary with nationality. Our aim was to provide a firm basis for behaviour change interventions to alter current patterns of tourist consumption of WTAs. All respondents agreed on the importance of conservation and animal welfare, but Chinese respondents were twice as likely to believe that WTAs would not be allowed to exist if they were bad for animals, and that WTAs’ promotional materials were reliable indicators of welfare and conservation standards. These findings indicate Chinese respondents had fundamentally similar attitudes to those from the other countries, but differed in how those attitudes were likely to be applied. Chinese tourists may experience more barriers to aligning their actions with their values with respect to WTAs. Removing these barriers may require information campaigns to highlight the lack of regulation, and the unreliability of some WTAs’ promotional materials and tourists’ reviews.     

跨境电商英语沟通中的语用移情策略研究

跨境电商的飞速发展离不开跨境电商英语沟通质量的提升,跨境电商英语沟通是在交流过程中,买卖双方传递、共享信息和感情的过程。运用语用学的移情理论,结合跨境电商英语沟通特点,从礼貌语、委婉语、模糊语和幽默语等方面,建构语用移情策略,有助于缩短买卖双方的心理距离,达到预期的语用效果,推动畅通有效地跨境电商沟通。     

大学英语教学应激发学生的学习兴趣

学习兴趣是学生学习的动力。大学英语教学应通过培养良好的师生关系,根据学生差异,做到因材施教,努力创设语言环境,合理使用奖惩,激发学生的学习兴趣。     

英语专业教学中写作与阅读的互动模式

从ESL写作理论有关阅读和写作的相互关系出发,我国英语专业教学应加强读写教学的联系,建立读写互动模式。由读到写,从写作者角度阅读;以写促学,从读者角度写作。     

大学英语课堂教学中学生主体作用探究

学生是学习的主体,英语教师的重要任务是帮助学生学会主动学习和思考,开发其潜能,在教学中充分发挥学生的主体作用。     

综合英语课程基础阶段的教与学

综合英语课基础阶段的教学直接关系着英语专业的教学质量。营造语言环境,加强语言基本功训练,全面提高学生素质,是保证基础训练教学质量的关键之所在。     

广告英语的修辞魅力

现代广告的作用举足轻重,它可以使一个名不经传的品牌一夜间家喻户晓,也可以使老品牌重新焕发勃勃生机。广告语力求新颖别致,不落俗套,就少不了各种修辞手法,英文广告也不例外。     

英语听力学习策略的个案调查

学习策略研究的重点在于元认知策略中的计划、监控、评价等策略和情感策略运用结构化访谈的方法对学习英语成功者与不成功者进行对比研究,发现其在元认知策略、情感策略的使用上存在较大差异。     

大学英语测试结果分析及其对教学的反馈作用

大学英语测试是教学的重要组成部分。正确处理测试与教学的关系,运用平均、全距、标准差、标准分、正态分布等统计方法认真分析测试结果,能及时发现并解决教学中存在的问题。     

基于建构主义的英语课堂教学研究

基于建构主义理论英语课堂教学应注意提倡“基于问题学习”的教学方式,鼓励学生合作与交流,强调探索与创新能力的培养。